STRONGHOLD(Lt
Cdr G R Pretor-Pinney+), 2nd March 1942, Indian Ocean,
south of Java - by gunfire of Japanese 8in cruiser
'Maya' and destroyers. Sailing from Java to Australia;
70 crew lost, 51 taken prisoner, 5 died in captivity
(Japanese Invasion of Java)

STURDY
(Lt Cdr G T Cooper), 30th October 1940, Western
Europe, west coast of Scotland, on Tiree Island
(c56.30N, 07.00W) - ran aground in fog and wrecked.
Local Western Approaches with Halifax/UK convoy SC.8;
five crew lost (Battle of the Atlantic)

THANET(Lt
Cdr B S Davies), 27th January 1942, South East Asia
off Endau, south east Malaya in South China Sea - by
gunfire of Japanese 5.5in cruiser 'Sendai' and
destroyers. ‘Thanet’ and Australian destroyer
'Vampire' were attacking Japanese troop transports; 37
of ‘Thanet’s’ crew were lost in the sinking, some
survivors escaped, others became POWs (Japanese
Invasion of Malaya)

THRACIAN(Cdr
A L Pears), 17th December 1941, Far East at Hong Kong
- ran aground, dry-docked but damaged by Japanese
bombing, later beached. ‘Thracian’ was in action
during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. She was
alvaged and served in Japanese Navy (Japanese Invasion
of Hong Kong)

VAMPIRE(RAN)
(Cdr W T Moran RAN), 9th April 1942, Indian Ocean off
south east coast of Ceylon (07.35N, 82.05E) - by
Japanese carrier divebombers. Returning to Trincomalee
with carrier 'Hermes', also sunk; eight crew lost
(Japanese Carrier Attacks on Ceylon)

VENETIA(Lt
Cdr D L C Craig+), 19th October 1940, Western Europe
15 miles off North Foreland in Thames Estuary, south
east England (51.33N, 01.10E) - by German mine. On
patrol with destroyers 'Garth' and 'Walpole'; 35 crew
lost (Defence of British Waters)

VETERAN,
26th September 1942, Mid Atlantic, far west of Ireland
(54.34N, 25.44W) – torpedoed by German ‘U.404’
(Bülow). Escorting convoy RB.1 of Great Lakes steamers
from Newfoundland to UK; all 160 crew lost (Battle of
the Atlantic)

VOYAGER
(RAN), 23rd September 1942, East Indies, south coast
of Timor (09.11S, 125.43E) - ran aground, attacked by
Japanese aircraft and destroyed by own forces. Landing
reinforcements for Dutch and Australian 'Sparrow'
guerrilla force on Timor; no crew lost, all rescued by
minesweepers ‘Warrnambool’ and ‘Kalgoorlie’ (In
Support of Land Forces)

WAKEFUL
(Cdr R L Fisher), 29th May 1940, Western Europe off
Nieuport, Belgium (51.20N, 02.45E) – torpedoed by
German E-boat ‘S.30’. Evacuating approximately 650
troops from Dunkirk to Dover during Operation
'Dynamo'; 98 crew and all but one of the soldiers
lost, 25 crew and the one soldier rescued (Dunkirk
Evacuation)

WARWICK(Cdr
D A Rayner), 20th February 1944, Western Europe off
Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England
(50.27N, 05.23W) – torpedoed by German ‘U.413’ (Poel).
On patrol in support of coastal convoys; 66 crew lost,
93 saved (British Coastal Convoys)

WATERHEN
(RAN), 30th June 1941, Eastern Mediterranean off
Bardia, east Libya (32.15N, 25.20E) - by German
divebombers on the 29th June. With Inshore Squadron
carrying supplies on the 'Tobruk Run' to the besieged
town. Damaged evening of the 29th, capsized early on
the 30th; there were no casualties (North African
Campaign).

WESSEX
(Lt Cdr W A R Cartwright), 24th May 1940, Western
Europe off Calais, northern France in English Channel
- by German bombers. Supporting British land forces in
the defence of Calais; 6 crew lost (German invasion of
France).

WHIRLWIND
(Lt Cdr J M Rodgers), 5th July 1940, North Atlantic
120 miles west of Lands End, south west England
(50.17N, 08.48W) – torpedoed by German ‘U.34’
(Rollmann). Detached from UK outward OB convoy to
search for reported U-boat with destroyer 'Westcott';
57 crew lost (Battle of the Atlantic)

WHITLEY(Lt
Cdr G N Rolfe), 19th May 1940, Western Europe, between
Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German
bombers and beached. Supporting Allied land forces
including blocking ports and lifting off refugees; 4
crew lost (German invasion of Holland and Belgium).

WILD SWAN(Lt
Cdr C E L Sclater), 17th June 1942, North Atlantic off
south west Ireland (49.52N, 10.44W) - by German Ju.88
bombers. With support group for Gibraltar/UK convoy
HG.84; 31 crew lost (Battle of the Atlantic)

WREN(Cdr
F W G Harker+), 27th July 1940, Western Europe, 10
miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea
(52.10N, 02.06E) - by German bombers. With destroyer
'Montrose' providing AA defence for minesweeping
trawlers; 35 crew lost (Defence of British Waters)

WRESTLER(Lt
Cdr R W Lacon), damaged 6th June 1944, Western Europe
off Normandy beaches, northern France in English
Channel (49.36N, 00.27W) - by German mine. Escorting
convoy to British sector as part of operation Neptune;
2 crew lost. Not repaired (Normandy Invasion)

BROKE(Lt
Cdr A F C Layard), foundered 9th November 1942,
Western Mediterranean off Algiers, Algeria - hit by
French shore batteries on the 8th November in 36.50N,
03.00E. With destroyer 'Malcolm', under command of
Capt H St J Fancourt in ‘Broke’, landing troops at
Algiers during Operation 'Torch', the Allied invasion
of French North Africa. Sank in tow of escort
destroyer ‘Zetland’; 9 crew lost (French North African
Campaign)

CODRINGTON
('A' leader) (Capt G F Stevens-Guille), 27th July
1940, Western Europe at Dover, SE England - by German
bombers. In harbour refitting and boiler cleaning
after evacuating Allied forces from Dunkirk and Le
Havre, run aground with broken back but beyond
salvage. No lives lost (Dunkirk Evacuation)

ACASTA(Cdr
C E Glasfurd+) and
ARDENT
(Lt Cdr J E Barker+), both 8th June 1940, Western
Europe, west of Lofoten Islands in Norwegian Sea
(68.45N, 04.30E) - by gunfire of 11in German
battlecruisers 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau'.
Escorting carrier 'Glorious'
from northern Norway at end of Allied evacuation.
'Glorious' also sunk and 'Scharnhorst' damaged by
torpedo from 'Acasta', which lost 161 crew with one
survivor. ‘Ardent’ lost 151 with two survivors, one of
whom died in captivity (Norwegian Campaign)

BRAZEN(Lt
Cdr Sir Michael Culme-Seymour), 20th July 1940,
Western Europe off Dover, SE England in English
Channel - by German bombers. Escorting English Channel
convoy CW.7, Thames to Isle of Wight, sank in tow next
day; one rating lost (British Coastal Convoys)

DEFENDER,
11th July 1941, Eastern Mediterranean, off Sidi
Barrani, Egypt (c31.45N, 25.30E) - by German or
Italian bombers. With 'Inshore Squadron' carrying
supplies on 'Tobruk Run', bombed at 31.45N, 25.51E,
sank in tow seven miles N of Sidi Barrani; there was
no loss of life (North African Campaign)

DELIGHT(Cdr
M Fogg-Elliot), 29th July 1940, Western Europe, 20
miles south of Portland Bill, southern England in
English Channel - by German bombers. Escorting English
Channel convoy; 18 crew lost (British Coastal Convoys)

DIAMOND
(Lt Cdr P A Cartwright+), 27th April 1941, Eastern
Mediterranean, east of Cape Malea, SE Greece (c36.30N,
23.30E) - by German bombers. Evacuating British and
Dominion troops from Greece with destroyer 'Wryneck',
also sunk. ‘Diamond’s’ entire crew was lost – 149 men
(Evacuation of Greece)

DUCHESS(Lt
Cdr R C M White+), 12th December 1939, Western Europe,
9 miles W of Mull of Kintyre in North Channel between
Scotland and Northern Ireland - in collision with
British battleship 'Barham'.
Escorting 'Barham' from Gibraltar to join Home Fleet
in the Clyde; 130 crew lost, 23 survivors (Home Fleet
Operations)

EXMOUTH(leader) (Capt R S Benson+), 21st January 1940,
Western Europe, SE of Wick, NE Scotland in North Sea
(c58.15N, 02.30W) - torpedoed by German ‘U.22’
(Jenisch). Hunting for reported U-boat in the Moray
Firth; lost with all hands – 189 men (Defence of
British Waters)

ELECTRA(Cdr
C W May+), 27th February 1942, East Indies, NW of
Surabaya, Java in the Java Sea (c06.30S, 112.00E) - by
gunfire of Japanese cruiser force and destroyers. With
Allied cruiser force in action; 108 crew lost, five
taken prisoner, 45 rescued by US submarine ‘S.38’
(Battles of the Java Sea - Japanese Invasion of Java)

ENCOUNTER(Lt
Cdr E V St J Morgan), 1st March 1942, East Indies, NW
of Surabaya in Java Sea (c04.30S, 111.00E) - by
Japanese 8in cruisers ‘Myoko’, ‘Ashigara’ and
destroyers. Sailing from Surabaya with British cruiser
'Exeter'
for the Sunda Strait after the main Java Sea action;
seven crew lost, 151 captured, of whom 38 died as POWs
(Battles of the Java Sea - Japanese Invasion of Java)

ESCORT(Lt
Cdr J Bostock), 11th July 1940, Western Mediterranean,
east of Gibraltar (36.11N, 03.37W) – torpedoed by
Italian submarine 'Marconi' (Chialamberto). Returning
to Gibraltar with Force H at the time of the 'Action
off Calabria', torpedoed in 36.20N, 03.46W, foundered
in tow later that day; two ratings lost (Mediterranean
Operations)

ESK(Lt
Cdr R J H Couch+), 1st September 1940, Western Europe,
off Frisian Islands, Holland in North Sea (c53.30N,
03.45E) - German mines late on the 31st/early on the
1st. Minelaying mission off Dutch coast during threat
of German invasion of Britain. Destroyers 'Express'
damaged and 'Ivanhoe' sunk. ‘Esk’ lost 135 crew; there
were only two survivors (Battle of Britain)

GIPSY(Cdr
N J Crossley+), 21st November 1939, Western Europe off
Harwich, east coast of England in North Sea - by
German destroyer-laid mines. Leaving Harwich with a
destroyer force. She was beached in shallow water with
only her hull submerged, and according to one source
salvaged, but not re-commissioned; 31 crew lost. Some
sources record her loss as due to mines laid by ‘U.19’
(Defence of British Waters)

GLOWWORM
(Lt Cdr G B Roope+, awarded VC), 8th April 1940,
Western Europe, NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea
(64.13N, 06.28E) - by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser
'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British
minelaying operations to search for man overboard at
time of German invasion of Norway. 'Hipper' damaged
when rammed by 'Glowworm'; 118 crew lost, 38 taken
prisoner of whom six died in captivity (Norwegian
Campaign)

GREYHOUND(Cdr
W R Marshall A’Deane, lost after rescue), 22nd May
1941, Eastern Mediterranean, NW of Crete (c36.00N,
23.15E) - by German Ju.87 divebombers. In action with
Mediterranean Fleet against German sea-borne invasion
of Crete; 76 crew lost in sinking, at least three
killed in the water before rescue (Battle for Crete)

HARDY
(leader) (Capt B A W Warburton-Lee+, awarded
posthumous VC) and HUNTER(Lt Cdr L de Villers+), both 10th April 1940,
Western Europe, off Narvik, northern Norway in
Ofotfiord - by German destroyer gunfire and torpedoes.
Attacking troop transports and destroyers during the
German invasion of Norway. ‘Hardy’ lost 19 crew killed
in action including the CO and ‘Hunter’ lost 103
(First Battle of Narvik - Norwegian Campaign).

HAVOCK(Lt
Cdr R Watkins), 6th April 1942, Central Mediterranean,
near Cape Bon, Tunisia, off Kelibia in Strait of
Sicily (36.48N, 11.08E) - ran aground, finished off by
torpedo from Italian submarine 'Aradam' (Gran). On
passage from Malta to Gibraltar after being damaged in
the Second Battle of Sirte; one crew lost, crew and
passengers interned by Vichy French (Malta Convoys)

HEREWARD(Lt
Cdr W J Munn), 29th May 1941, Eastern Mediterranean,
off eastern Crete in Kaso Strait - by German
divebombers. With Mediterranean Fleet evacuating
British and Dominion from Crete; 75 crew lost, 91
taken prisoner, of whom two died in captivity
(Battle for Crete)

HOSTILE(Lt
Cdr A F Burnell-Nugent), 23rd August 1940, Central
Mediterranean, 18 miles SE of Cape Bon, Tunisia in
Strait of Sicily (36.53N, 11.19E) - by Italian
destroyer-laid mines. On passage from Malta to
Gibraltar, damaged and scuttle by ‘Hero’; four crew
and Cdr A P Gibson on passage lost (Mediterranean
Operations)

HYPERION(Cdr
H St L Nicolson), 22nd December 1940, Central
Mediterranean, 24 miles east of Cape Bon in Strait of
Sicily (c37.00N, 11.30E) - by Italian destroyer-laid
mine. Escorting battleship 'Malaya' on passage through
from Alexandria to Gibraltar. Damaged by mine, taken
in tow, scuttled by ‘Jason’; two rating lost
(Mediterranean Operations)

IMPERIAL(Lt
Cdr C A De W Kitcat), scuttled 29th May 1941, Eastern
Mediterranean, off north coast of Crete (35.23N,
25.38E) – damaged by German bombers on 28th. With
Mediterranean fleet evacuating British forces from
Crete, lifted off troops, steering gear failed and
scuttled by ‘Hotspur’; no crew lost. (Battle for
Crete)

IVANHOE(Cdr
P H Hadow), 1st September 1940, Western Europe, off
Frisian Islands, Holland in North Sea (c53.30N,
03.30E) - by German mines on 31st August. Minelaying
mission off Dutch coast during the threatened German
invasion of Britain. Damaged and finished off by
torpedo from ‘Kelvin’; eight crew lost. 'Express' also
damaged and 'Esk' sunk (Battle of Britain)

HARVESTER(Cdr
A A Tait+), 11th March 1943, mid-North Atlantic
(51.23N, 28.40W) – torpedoed by German U.432
(Eckhardt). With British B3 Group escorting Halifax/UK
convoy HX.228; 145 crew lost, the few survivors
rescued by French corvette ‘Aconit’ (Battle of the
Atlantic)

HAVANT(Lt
Cdr A F Burnell-Nugent), 1st June 1940, Western
Europe, off Dunkirk, northern France in English
Channel - by German bombers. Evacuating Allied forces.
Badly damaged, taken in tow, sank 5 miles from West
Buoy; eight crew lost (Dunkirk Evacuation)

HURRICANE(Cdr
C E E Paterson), scuttled 25th December 1943, North
Atlantic, NE of Azores (45.10N, 22.05W) - by Gnat
torpedo from German ‘U.415’ (Neide). With 1st Escort
Group supporting UK/African convoys OS.62 and KMS.36,
and also US escort carrier 'Card' task force; five
crew lost (Battle of the Atlantic)

ITHURIEL(Lt
Cdr D H Maitland-Makgill-Crichton), damaged 28th
November 1942, Western Mediterranean, at Bone, Algeria
– near-missed by German bombers. In harbour as part of
Force H cover force for Allied invasion of French
North Africa; no crew killed. Not repaired (French
North African Campaign)

AFRIDI(Capt
P L Vian), 3rd May 1940, Western Europe, NW of Namsos,
Norway in Norwegian Sea (66.14N, 05.45E) - by German
Ju.87 divebombers. Withdrawing after Allied evacuation
of Namsos; 52 crew and around 50 rescued troops and
survivors from French destroyer 'Bison' were lost
(Norwegian Campaign)

COSSACK(Capt
E L Berthon+), foundered 27th October 1941, North
Atlantic, west of Strait of Gibraltar (c35.15N,
08.15W) – torpedoed by German U.563 (Bargsten) in
35.56N, 10.04W late on 23rd. Escorting Gibraltar/UK
convoy HG.75, taken in tow but sank; 159 crew lost
(Battle of the Atlantic)

GURKHA(Cdr
A W Buzzard), 9th April 1940, Western Europe, 100
miles SW of Bergen, Norway in North Sea - by German
Ju.88 and He.111 bombers. Withdrawing with cruiser
force from planned attack on Bergen during German
invasion of Norway; 15 crew lost (Norwegian Campaign)

MAORI(Cdr R E Courage), 12th February 1942, Central
Mediterranean, Malta Grand Harbour - by one bomb from
German bombers. In harbour as part of Malta-based
destroyer strike force. Many of the crew ashore in
shelters, sank at moorings with 2 man killed (North
African Campaign)

MASHONA(Cdr
W H Selby), 28th May 1941, North Atlantic, off Galway,
western Ireland (c53.00N, 12.00W) - by German Ju.88
bombers. Returning from successful hunt for German
battleship 'Bismarck'; 36 crew lost in the attack
(Battle of the Atlantic)

MATABELE(Cdr
A C Stanford+), 17th January 1942, Arctic Ocean, off
Murmansk, Russia in Barents Sea (69.21N, 35.34E) –
torpedoed by German ‘U.454’ (Hackländer). Escort,
Iceland/Russian convoy PQ.8; 233 crew lost in the
sinking, three survivors picked up but all died
(Russian Convoys)

MOHAWK(Cdr
John Eaton), 16th April 1941, Central Mediterranean,
off Kerkennah Island, eastern Tunisia – torpedoed by
Italian destroyer 'Tarigo'. With three other
destroyers in attack on five ship Italian convoy. All
five ships and three escorts, including 'Tarigo' sunk.
Finally scuttled by gunfire from ‘Janus’; 41 crew
lost, 161 survivors (Action off Sfax - North African
Campaign).

SOMALI(Lt
Cdr C D Maud), foundered 24th September 1942, North
Atlantic, north of Iceland (69.11N, 15.32W) –
torpedoed by German ‘U.703’ (Bielfeld) in the
Greenland Sea in 75.40N, 02.00W on the 20th. Close
escort, Russia/UK convoy QP.14. Being towed by
'Ashanti', went down in bad weather; 82 crew lost
(Russian Convoys)

ATHABASKAN(RCN)
(Lt Cdr J H Stubbs RCN), 29th April 1944, Western
Europe, off north coast of Brittany, France in English
Channel, 10 miles north of Ile de Vierge (49.48N,
04.32W) – torpedoed by German torpedo boat ‘T.24’.
Covering minelaying operation of Brittany with
Canadian destroyer 'Haida'; 129 crew lost, 44 rescued
by ‘Haida’, 84 taken prisoner with one rating dying of
wounds. German ‘T.27’ driven ashore by 'Haida' in the
action (English Channel Operations)

KELLY(leader)
(Capt Lord Louis Mountbatten) and
KASHMIR(Cdr H A King), both 23rd May 1941, Eastern
Mediterranean, off south Crete (c34.30N, 23.15E) - by
German Ju.87 or Ju.88 divebombers. In action with
Mediterranean Fleet against German sea-borne invasion
of Crete; 'Kelly' lost 188 crew and ‘Kashmir’ 83
(Battle for Crete)

KHARTOUM(Cdr
D T Dowler), 23rd June 1940, southern Red Sea, off
island of Perim - by internal explosion from burst
torpedo air vessel followed by fire. During gun action
with other destroyers against Italian submarine
'Torricelli', also sunk. One rating was killed
(Defence of Trade)

KINGSTON(Cdr
P Somerville), 11th April 1942, Central Mediterranean,
at Malta - by German or Italian bombers. In Grand
Harbour, after being damaged during the Second Battle
of Sirte, bombed and damaged again on 4th April with
14 crew killed. No crew lost on 11th (Malta Convoys)

LANCE(Lt
Cdr R W Northcott), damaged 9th April 1942, Central
Mediterranean, at Malta - by German or Italian
bombers. In dry-dock at Grand Harbour undergoing
repairs to earlier bomb damage; no crew killed at this
time. Not repaired (Malta Convoys)

LEGION(Cdr
R F Jessel), 26th March 1942, Central Mediterranean,
in Grand Harbour, Malta - by German bombers. Back at
Malta with cruiser Force 'K' after Second Battle of
Sirte. Sunk with the loss of 11 men (Malta Convoys)

QUAIL,
foundered 18th June 1944, Central Mediterranean, in
Gulf of Taranto, southern Italy (40.05N, 17.52E) -
previously damaged by mine off Bari in southern
Adriatic Sea on 15th November 1943; Lt Cdr R F Jenks
in command and 21 crew lost at the time. Now on tow
from Bari to Taranto with steaming party; one rating
missing (Italian Campaign)

QUORN(Lt
I Hall), 3rd August 1944, Western Europe, off Normandy
beaches, northern France in English Channel - by
German 'Linsen' explosive motor boat or 'Marder' human
torpedo. On patrol off British beachhead; 130 crew
lost (Normandy Invasion)

PUCKERIDGE(Lt
J C Cartwright), 6th September 1943, Western
Mediterranean, 40 miles east of Gibraltar (36.06N,
04.44W) - torpedoed by German ‘U.617’ (Brandi).
On passage from Gibraltar to Oran; 62 crew lost
(Mediterranean Operations)

GOATHLAND(Lt
Cdr E N Pumphrey), damaged 24th July 1944, Western
Europe, 15 miles north of Normandy beaches, France in
English Channel - by German mine. On patrol off
beachhead; no lives lost. Not repaired (Normandy
Invasion)

BEVERLEY(Lt
Cdr R A Price+), 11th April 1943, North Atlantic,
south of Greenland (52.19N, 40.28W) – torpedoed by
German ‘U.188’ (Lüdden). With British B6 group
escorting UK/North American convoy ON.176; 148 crew
lost, only four rescued (Battle of the Atlantic)

ROCKINGHAM(Lt
Cdr J C Cooper RNVR), 27th September 1944, Western
Europe, 30 miles SE of Aberdeen, Scotland in North Sea
(56.29N, 00.57W) – believed British mine. Target ship
for aircraft training, mined in 56.47N, 01.30W, taken
in tow and sank; one rating killed.

ST CROIX
(RCN) (Lt Cdr A H Dobson RCN+), 20th September 1943,
North Atlantic, SE of Greenland (57.30N, 31.10W) –
torpedoed by German ‘U.305’ (Bahr). With Canadian 9th
Escort Group supporting UK/North American convoys
ONS.18 and ON.202. Hit once by ‘U.305’, finished off
an hour later by the same U-boat; 147 crew lost
(Battle of the Atlantic)

STANLEY(Lt
Cdr D B Shaw+), 19th December 1941, North Atlantic,
west of Portugal (38.12N, 17.23W) – torpedoed by
German ‘U.574’ (Gengelbach). Escort, Gibraltar/UK
convoy HG.76; 134 lost including four officers on
passage. Escort carrier 'Audacity' also sunk (Battle
of the Atlantic)